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I was advised to do a refresh to speed up my Firefox on my MacBook. I did and now I get a. Profile can’t be located message and I can’t open the app at all. Wh

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Firefox was very slow Advised to do a refresh Completed refresh but stalled and frozen shut down and restarted Firefox doesn’t start Message is Firefox profile can’t be located What do I do now? Hopefully passwords and bookmarks not lost too

Firefox was very slow Advised to do a refresh Completed refresh but stalled and frozen shut down and restarted Firefox doesn’t start Message is Firefox profile can’t be located What do I do now? Hopefully passwords and bookmarks not lost too

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so whom told you to do that? Did they help before telling you to do this?

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While in the app Mozilla said looks like Firefox is very slow. A link to how to improve was followed and told to refresh. I followed the instructions but now get the profile can’t be found and it doesn’t open the app.

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Jcolwell said

I was advised to do a refresh

Refreshing Firefox {web link} is a LAST RESORT ! !

Refreshing Firefox -- easily fix most problems

If you're having problems with Firefox, refreshing it can help. The refresh feature fixes many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information like bookmarks and open tabs. Everything else, like user settings and add-ons, are removed. Note: Refresh saves your old profile to the desktop in a folder called Old Firefox.

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Jcolwell said

Firefox was very slow Advised to do a refresh Completed refresh but stalled and frozen shut down and restarted Firefox doesn’t start Message is Firefox profile can’t be located What do I do now? Hopefully passwords and bookmarks not lost too

If you don't have an Old Firefox Data folder on your desktop, your Profile data - all your passwords and bookmarks - probably disappeared when Firefox was closed during the Refresh process.

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No just do it and passwords etc wouldn’t be lost across the bottom of the window

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If I don’t have the old Firefox data how do I get Firefox to work. Trash it and download again? I I have the old Firefox folder where Ti I put it so Firefox will launch again?